CLEVELAND -- Dr. Issam Nemeh is the medical doctor who is said to heal spiritually, by praying over those who are ill.

NewsChannel5 anchor Ted Henry reported about his healing prayer sessions in Cleveland over the years, and now he's working with a NASA scientist to prove that spiritual prayer is, in fact, science.

Henry said that spontaneous healing prayer cannot only reach its mark in human healing, but that it can also be measured.

"Dr. Nemeh is the key here. With him, we have just a tremendous opportunity to advance this type of research," said George Szatowski, NASA Electromagnetic Specialist.

Szatowski is a NASA researcher from Virginia who believes Nemeh's healing prayers can be measured remotely, over long distances in a closed metal box used to measure electromagnetic images.

"What I think is going on is the electromagnetic signal is creating resonances at a molecular level and time sequence correctly that is causing these physical healings," Szatowski said. "In our three-dimensional world, that is the true physical healing is taking place from the electromagnetic radiation."

Under controlled conditions when Nemeh prays in Cleveland for a healing, the energy from that prayer can be registered scientifically, Szatowski said at his office in Virgina.

"If you have a closed metal electric box, there is no electromagnetic energy in there unless you put it in there," Szatowski said.

"How is it getting in there?" Henry asked?

"It's coming from the field, from prayer," Szatowski said.

"We are measuring the artifact of prayer, artifact meaning we are detecting and measuring the electromagnetic signature as a result of prayer."

Scientists and skeptics put little stock in words, Henry reported. They want to see proof, results of comparative studies and double-blind tests that prayer is science.

"I've done some homework. Though in terms of researching what the critics would say and what I've found was, if you are really changing the way science is understood, you need to have 10,000 repeatable experiments that can be validated. We can do that in two days," Szatowski said.

The NASA scientist working with Nemeh knows that going public with his research invites strong questions and criticism.

For many people, the idea of spiritual healing is best left strictly as a matter of faith, not science.

You can e-mail Ted Henry your questions, comments and criticisms at henry@newsnet5.com.